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The Clash of Styles

Hey guys and gals out there on the .org,

on the German forums website planeteternia.de, member Polygonus created a so-called "Clash of Styles" some time ago. I thought it would might be cool trying to start such a project here, too, so here I am.

The idea is to instantly contrast the different drawing styles of two users. One user challenges another, and the challenger starts the picture drawing his or her half of the artwork which means that he or she does the first step working on the first part of the artwork. This half mustn't take more space than half of the whole sheet because the second participant, the challenged one, has to complete the picture just the way he or she imagines it.

To send the first part of a picture to the challenged user, you can either put the sheet with your half of the drawing into an envelope and send it to the destined person, or (what's especially better in case of international clashs so that you don't need to send a picture overseas and pay lots of postage) you just send the destined person an e-mail containing the attached picture. I already took part at the "Clash of Styles" project on planeteternia.de forums several times, and the results were mostly quite surprising because of the individual interpretations of the challenged users. And it's thrilling to be challenged as you never know what you get! The fist part of the picture is a surprise, and the second, too, for it can give the whole artwork a totally different touch, leading your original imagination of the completed picture into an entirely different direction! In my view, that's the point making this project amazingly interesting!

To show you what I mean, here's an example - the first Clash of Styles picture drawn by German He-Fan and planeteternia.de member Polygonus, finished by one of the best artists ever - He-Man.org's "Bashasaurus" Emiliano Santalucia at last year's Grayskull Convention!

Polygonus' original drawing:

Emiliano's finished artwork:

By the way, the format of the sheets is A4 so that you can easier scan your pictures or completed artworks and print them if you want (or need to - if you received the pic by e-mail). Usually, the challenger scans his or her first part of the artwork after drawing it and then sends it to the person he or she has challenged. After receiving the sheet with the fist part of the artwork, the challenged user completes the picture and returns it to the challenger. The challenger, who is allowed to keep the finished artwork and become its owner, finally scans the finished artwork and posts it in the "Clash of Styles" thread.

I hope you understood the basic idea of this project so far. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask!
I hope we can run the Clash of Styles project together here on the .org! Let me know what you think.

For He-Man.org members who'd like to take a look at the German "Clash of Styles" thread on planeteternia.de, here's a link:

First of all, interested users post here. Then I'll list the names of all participants here in this thread. There are no special criteria to qualify as challenger; as soon as all participating He-Man.org members are listed, anyone can challenge each other. Anybody who's interested can participate anytime; "newbies" are always welcome! The more users participate, the richer in variety the project will be!

Besides, you can use anything you want for your drawings - pencils, biros, copics, and so on - , and all kinds of drawings are welcome - no matter if coloured or not! You can draw just the way you like to - the main thing is that you have fun!

Here are some pictures I recently drew for the German Clash of Styles on planeteternia.de forums:

Challenging Polygonus with this first part of the picture:

That's what he made of it:

(The rebels are having a barbecue, and Bow is asking Kowl: "Another piece from the hip, Kowl?"; Kowl answers to him: "Yes, please! Delicious!". Catra watches the scene and quickly realizes that they're grilling and eating her longtime companion Clawdeen. She begins to cry and comments: "These barbarians...")

Challenging BornToulouse - my half of the artwork:

And here's the clash result:

(Hordak is very upset because the Goddess magically coloured his new creation "Cy-Chop" not as he expected her to do that...)

Challenging Saurod the Lizard - my part:

Completed picture:

(This was a biro clash what means that we both drew by biros; the title of the finished artwork is "Kowl has a stomachache".)

I don't really view this as a comp rather as just a fun art exercise. By what I can figure someone does half a pic in their art style and you finish it in yours.

Exactly! That's the idea behind it. This is NO COMPETITION, and there will never be any winners or "losers" so that no one needs to feel advantaged or disadvantaged because of that.
It's a fun art exercise where two different art styles get presented on one sheet - as ONE picture consisting of two halves done by two artists.

But this project can only bring fun with people who are ready to participate, so don't be shy and "dare" getting started - I'm absolutely sure you won't ever regret it!!!

It sounds interesting but i´m not much into challenge, competing and comparison.

Patreek asked me to join the Trap Jaw redesign challenge and i said yes knowing i wouldn´t win...but in the end not one voted for my picture...

so for now i´m keeping a low profile.

Once my confidence is a bit higher again i will try my luck!

Lol, don't worry Niki. I only got one vote. I loved my idea, but guess noone shared the love. But man, when yu have concepts like what Prime and Bearshow put together... and you can only vote for one concept after all.

Lol, don't worry Niki. I only got one vote. I loved my idea, but guess noone shared the love. But man, when yu have concepts like what Prime and Bearshow put together... and you can only vote for one concept after all.

This sounds like fun sharella. I'm in.

Oh, yes, their pictures were better and i know that but getting no vote hit me harder than i expected...

And by the way Pyre and pm each other to clear up some things and now i´m waiting for his picture.

This is actually a really cool idea you had there and thank you for bringing it to the .Org !

You're welcome! I'm very happy to read that you like it.

I thought it would be cool to try to bring this great idea of planeteternia.de forums member Polygonus to an international He-Man Fansite, and as the .org is the largest international He-Fan forum I know (and surely the largest there is! ), I simply took heart and posted the topic here. That's all - the rest is your turn now, for the clash of styles project is only kept alive on the initiative of forum members here... People who love drawing and like to have fun by becoming a part of the project themselves!

Here's my newest piece (also drawn within the last week) for the German Clash of Styles showing Prince Adam and Battleground Teela at sunset:

Wow, very cool! I like it!!! Good work and great idea - very funny and original to see Dree Elle in love with Imp!!!
Unfortunately, I'm not as skilled in drawing digitally as you are - cool style!!!
I usually use Photoshop for coloring my pictures, but for clashes like this one, I always prefer the "traditional" way!

Thank you so much for this amazing clash - the first one ever here on he-man.org!!!